Serie B match preview: Reggina against Cittadella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 01.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

Three points for the home side is expected from this match if the league table is a way to look into the future. The Reggina regulars are positive that the difference between 3rd and Cittadella's 16th position in the table will be revealed on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Reggina have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cittadella have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Cittadella have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Reggina form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Reggina have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

A good away victory last time out for Reggina, who won 2-0 against Perugia (placed 8th). Defender Dimitrios Stavropoulos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Stavropoulos won 4 of 7 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Parma.

This is expected to be a close game, with Reggina perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reggina as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Reggina has won nine of these, drawn four and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Reggina as they are travelling to their away game against Cosenza in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Reggina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Reggina have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cittadella form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

The manager E. Gorini was unhappy after their last game, a Serie B match played at their home ground Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato. Cittadella suffered a 1-2 loss to Parma (placed 13th). Davide Mazzocco got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Mazzocco hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Monza before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cittadella playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Cittadella wins, four draws and six defeats.

Cittadella are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. As for defending, Cittadella rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Reggina two wins, three draws and Cittadella five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RegginaA. Galabinov
A. Galabinov
6 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
5 goals
CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
3 goals

Reggina missing players

Cittadella missing players

Reggina Cittadella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 4 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
12 7 3 Scored S 1 2 10
8 4 2 Conceded C 6 7 13
80% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
30% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 40%
10% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 20%
10% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 20%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 40%
40% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 40%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 30%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 5.6
6.2 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.8 3.5
2.7 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.5 3.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 13.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 13.4
4.1 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 5.8 6.3
29% 23% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 9% 16%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cittadella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Cittadella have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Reggina have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Reggina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cittadella have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pisa 10 6 3 1 18 8 5 4 1 0 8 2 5 2 2 1 10 6 10 21
2 Benevento 10 5 4 1 17 7 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 2 2 1 6 3 10 19
3 Reggina 10 5 4 1 12 8 5 3 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 19
4 Brescia 10 5 3 2 21 14 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 18
5 Lecce 10 4 5 1 14 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 7 6 5 17
6 Cremonese 10 5 2 3 12 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 17
7 Frosinone 10 3 6 1 12 8 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 2 3 0 6 2 4 15
8 Perugia 10 3 5 2 9 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 4 0 2 14
9 Ascoli 10 4 2 4 14 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 3 1 1 10 7 0 14
10 Monza 10 3 5 2 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 6 0 4 2 3 7 0 14
11 Cosenza 10 4 2 4 11 14 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 0 1 4 2 11 -3 14
12 SPAL 10 3 4 3 14 10 5 2 3 0 12 6 5 1 1 3 2 4 4 13
13 Parma 10 3 4 3 15 13 4 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 12 10 2 13
14 Ternana 10 4 1 5 17 17 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 13
15 Como 10 3 4 3 12 12 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 13
16 Cittadella 10 4 1 5 10 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 4 1 0 3 2 7 -3 13
17 Alessandria 10 2 2 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 0 1 4 6 12 -8 8
18 Crotone 10 1 4 5 11 19 6 1 3 2 7 11 4 0 1 3 4 8 -8 7
19 Vicenza 10 1 1 8 9 21 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 1 0 4 7 13 -12 4
20 Pordenone 10 0 2 8 6 24 5 0 1 4 4 13 5 0 1 4 2 11 -18 2

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.